CAAPE User's Manual - ALSTOM Signaling Inc.

CAAPE Projects4.5. SETTING PROJECT OPTIONSProject options apply to the currently-open CAAPE project, and are saved in the projectfile. Select Options | Project Options in the main menu. The Project Options dialog isdisplayed.Figure 4–7. Project OptionsThese project options are available:• When Generate MMS File on Compile is enabled, CAAPE automatically generatesan MMS data file whenever an application is compiled. This ensures that the MMSfile stays in synch with the latest application data produced by a compile. The usercan also manually generate an MMS file at any time (see below).4.6. GENERATING DATA FOR MMSMMS, the Maintenance Management System, is an Alstom utility for monitoring andmanaging diagnostic and maintenance data from systems in real time. MMS requiresextensive information on the system being monitored. This information is created forindividual applications when they are compiled in CAAPE; the information can then begathered from all the applications in a project and stored in an external file for importinto MMS. There are two ways to create MMS files:• Manually, by right clicking on the project folder in CAAPE’s Project View or File Viewand selecting Generate MMS File in the popup menu.• Automatically whenever any application in the project is compiled, by setting theGenerate MMS File on Compile project option.The MMS file is always named project-name.mms, where project-name is the name ofthe project. The file is placed in the project directory.P2512A, Rev. Oct/09 4–10 Alstom Signaling Inc.